For calling for an open and transparent bidding in the supply of train coaches to the Metro Rail Transit III (MRT 3), the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) was able to save P3.348 billion for the government.

DOTC Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya made this observation in reaction to suggestions that the DOTC should have awarded the contract to supply MRT 3 with 48 coaches to the Czech Republic’s Inekon Group through a negotiated bid.

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